Authentic Greek Pork Souvlaki
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An authentic Greek street food recipe featuring tender, juicy pork belly skewers grilled over real wood embers, served in a warm pita bread with homemade tzatziki sauce, fresh tomatoes, and onions.
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🍳 Cooking Flow
Prep and cut the pork belly into chunks, then season with a mix of ground cloves, black pepper, and sea salt. → Thread the pork chunks onto skewers. → Make the tzatziki sauce by mixing yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, grated cucumber with its juice, dill, salt, pepper, and olive oil. → Grill the skewers over wood embers, rotating regularly until golden brown. → Serve the grilled pork inside a warm pita with sliced onions, tomatoes, tzatziki, and fresh dill.
Cooking Steps
Brief Cooking Order
Prep and cut the pork belly into chunks, then season with a mix of ground cloves, black pepper, and sea salt. → Thread the pork chunks onto skewers. → Make the tzatziki sauce by mixing yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, grated cucumber with its juice, dill, salt, pepper, and olive oil. → Grill the skewers over wood embers, rotating regularly until golden brown. → Serve the grilled pork inside a warm pita with sliced onions, tomatoes, tzatziki, and fresh dill.
Introduction
An authentic Greek street food recipe featuring tender, juicy pork belly skewers grilled over real wood embers, served in a warm pita bread with homemade tzatziki sauce, fresh tomatoes, and onions.
Step 1
Remove the skin from the pork belly slab using a sharp knife. Keep the skin aside, salt it generously, and grill it later separately for a crispy snack.
Step 2
Cut the skinless pork belly into uniform, large chunks with a balanced 50/50 fat-to-meat ratio.
Step 3
Prepare the seasoning by grinding whole cloves in a mortar and pestle. Mix equal parts of ground cloves, ground black pepper, and fine sea salt in a small glass.
Step 4
Generously season the pork belly chunks with the spice mixture and toss them thoroughly to coat all sides.
Step 5
Thread the seasoned pork belly chunks onto metal skewers, keeping them closely packed together.
Ingredients List
Important Notes
Authentic Greek souvlaki uses pork belly rather than lamb, which offers a great fat-to-meat ratio for juiciness.
Cloves are the secret ingredient that gives Greek souvlaki its distinct, traditional flavor.
Do not discard the pork skin; salting and grilling it separately produces a delicious, crispy crackling.
Keep the cucumber juice when grating it into the tzatziki for a much more flavorful sauce.
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